Lamar Alexander's Re-authorization of ESEA

Every
Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015 sponsored by
Sen. Lamar Alexander. This bill amends No
Child Left Behind which is the Re-authorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 referred to as ESEA.

Pages 3-4 Local Education Area Grants for prevention and intervention of children
and youth neglected, delinquent, or at
risk.

"produce
individual student interpretive, descriptive, and diagnostic reports, consistent with clause (ii), that allow
parents, teachers, and principals or other school leaders to understand and
address the specific academic needs of students, and include information
regarding achievement on assessments...."

Page 26 are adaptations for children necessary to meet state standards and with disabilities and defined
in IDEA,
Individual with Disabilities Education Act.

Page 48 makes FERPA, Family Education Rights in Privacy
Act, federal law, which would put Obama's EO into law, that allows third party contractors to access
personally identifiable information on student records and substantiates a
longitudinal state data collection system.

Page 58 identifies eligible students in need of services
using state standards, assessments and accountability systems and other indicators.

Page 76 exemptions for schoolwide programs which are exempt
from any statutory or regulatory law.

Page 80children identified
by the school as failing, or most at
risk of failing, to meet the challenging State academic standards on the
basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the
local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except children in
preschool through grade 2 shall be
selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews
with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures.

Page 90 refers to public
choice in education with money that
will "follow the child"

Page 92 refers to private
school and public school equity funding

Page 96 refers to Title I funds that will
follow the child (TITLE I FUNDS FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME CHILD STATE OPTION.)

Page 97 is the identification of eligibility for funds to
follow the child

Pages 97-98private
school choice to identify children who are enrolled in private schools

Page 98 is the application of participating children in private schools

Page 101 evaluate student assessment
through performance on ASSESSMENTS and tests that are aligned to challenging state standards

Page 111 prevention and intervention of children who are at risk

Page 113 is referred to as specialized student support. See: defined on pages 353 and 354)

Page 114 "vocational" changed to "career" throughout the
legislation

Pages 117-118 the Secretary
of Education can propose regulationsor
alternate processes in any event of failure to reach consensus so the
secretary can propose regulations that will go through the rulemaking process

Page 121 negotiated rulemaking; the specialized student
support

Page 129 redo the teacher education to match state academic
standards which Pennsylvania Department of Education has a contract with
Pearson, in process of teacher certification toward standards

Page 131 performance pay for teachers and
differential and bonus pay will be based on performance

Page 138 improving student behavior and the identification of early and
appropriate intervention

Page 142 local education agencies can use funds to evaluate
programs and activities and contract with for-profit, nonprofit, or higher Ed third-party contractors

Page140 RTI, Response to Intervention and
PBIS, Positive Behavior Intervention, and supports aligns with children with disabilities

Page145 expands the school day and early morning and at night
and on in the summer page

Pages 150-151 states or local education agencies can
get technical assistance by third-party contractors or the IES, Institute of Education Sciences, this is an arm of the NCES,
National Center for Education Statistics, that monitors the national center
education statistics database

Page 153 the Secretary can grant waivers

Page 157 teacher pay will be based on measurable
increase in student achievement

Page 354SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT PERSONNEL—The term ‘specialized instructional support personnel’ means
school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other
qualified professional personnel involved in providing assessment, diagnosis,
counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other necessary services (including
related services as that term is defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
as part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.

Page 356 is school district can request waivers from the Secretary which will waive any statutory or
regulatory requirements

Page 372 the use of IES,
Institute of Education Sciences (which is the NCES,) National Center of Education
Statistics, can conduct evaluations for experimental designs

Page 374 the IES, Institute of Education
Sciences, NCES, National Center for Education Statistics will carry out all
evaluations for Title I. (Title I will identify EVERY CHILD. This is the
authority to begin the psychometric census that NAEP wants.)

Page 379all references
to medical records will be changed to health records

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